Like Mother, Like Daughter.

Pier One outing...  we walk into the store.

Gracie: "Wow, this place is awesome."
Me:  "I know."

That's my girl!

School Days

The day finally came where Gracie started preschool. Jim and I have always thought that we'd start Gracie in preschool when she turned three, but the night before she started we began to think maybe not. Not because she isn't ready (because believe you me, I know she it) but because she's our "baby girl"! The time with these kids goes by so incredibly fast. While you're going through the everydayness of things, it seems to go by slowly. But then you blink or take a deep breath and all of a sudden 6 months have passed.

Gracie had a wonderful, fun-filled day! She loved her teacher Miss Megan and recited what she said pretty much all afternoon. Which, as a teacher myself, makes me a little nervous about what my students have repeated at home!
Gracie wanted us to call her Miss Megan and she continued to ramble about going to the bathroom, listening ears, secrets, singing some songs that I don't quite recognize yet, and timers. The good news is she is looking forward to going back next week. The following are some pictures of this big First Day of School.

Gracie eating breakfast before this big day!

And we can't forget about Miss Emily. While Gracie is in school I get to hang out with my precious little Emily. I really enjoyed this one on one time with her that I don't usually get!

Ready or not, here we come!

Gracie is to find an apple with her name on it and take it over to a tree to hang it.

Here is the tree where she is to hang it, except she's too busy looking at someone else's apple!

I think Emily is ready to start school too!

Last hugs good-bye! We love you Gracie, have a great day!!

Gracie's 3rd Birthday Bash!

I'm almost a month late on this, but for those of you who know what we've been up to, you'd understand! Gracie turned the big 3 on June 18th. I can't believe my baby is already 3! Gracie had a wonderful year! She is speaking much better (in more complete sentences), about 85% potty trained and really becoming her own person. We had a nice birthday party for our little princess. Below are some pictures from this wonderful event!

We had Fancy Nancy join us!

Gracie and her buddy Finn

Our beautiful butterfly!

The Happiest Place on Earth

Yes, we finally made it to Disneyland! With us moving to Northern California, I feel like I need to squeeze as much of So Cal in as I can. So Gracie and I made the journey to Anaheim and faced Disneyland head on! We really had a great time (although we did miss daddy and Emily!) Gracie did a fantastic job and held up great. We went on a few rides and most important met some characters. I haven't been here in about 13 or so years and things have changed. They have an area where they have princesses that you can meet and take pictures with. I thought this might be a 15, maybe 20 minute line. Oh no! It was the slowest moving line ever! It took us at least an hour and 15 minutes to get through. But oh my, it was so worth it! Gracie is so into princesses right now and she absolutely LOVED meeting some of them! We got to meet Cinderella, Jazmine and Belle. Belle was really sweet and talked to Gracie for a few minutes before taking pictures. It was really great! Below are some pictures from our fun filled day!

It's Not Working!

Gracie is really into saying "hi" or waving at random people nowadays (unless she is feeling "shy") The funny thing is, is when people do not respond to her for one reason or another she turns to me and says "It's not working!" I'm guessing she thinks they're broken or something when they don't say hi back or wave. She is a funny little girl! (oh, and that's shaving cream on her nose thanks to daddy!!)